as spread offenses emerged in the Big 12, no one knew how to stop it. Maybe if you had a month to prepare for a bowl game you had a chance, but to stop up tempo spreads week after week is very hard. Your D is on the field for 85 plays, the up tempo prevents the subs. Injuries mount, and inexperienced backups puts defenses in an even worse position. So the Big 12 was the first league to adopt the inovations. Coaches like Mangino, Pinklel, Bryles, Gundy, had the non blue bloods type schools rocking. Now, a lot of Big 12 programs have seen it enough they are learning how to defend it and scores are going down. Plus a lot of the teams are getting away from full spreads and trying other things. Other leagues have been adopting the spread concepts the past couple of years and low and behold, the scores are going up. But the advantage the other leagues have is they have 10 years of film to learn and prepare, the Big 12 schools, being the inovators, had to figure it our on their own over time. Despite that , the other leagues are proving they can't stop it either. Yes, that includes Alabama with a bunch of 4 and 5 star defenders. Besides Klatt and Nuehisel, none of the other college football talking heads are framing this the right way.